Shoe.



A. H. PRYENZEL.

SHOE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 15, 19M.

Patented M ljir, 1916.

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y I UNITED STATns PATENT oFFion nn e PRENZ'EL, OF. HALIFAX. PENNSYLVANIA. AssIGNoR T UNITED SHOE MACHINERYCOMPANY, on PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION on NEW JERSEY.

SHOE.

origin l application filed ma 21. 1913, Serial no. 768,973. Divided and this application filed September Be it known thatL Anini H. Pnnxznn. a

. riltiZen of the UnitcdStates. residing at "'llia liiaxJin thecounty of Dau iihin and of llenn sylvania. have invented oer-f This invention relatesmto shoes and is herein shown as embodied in a shoe of the stitch-down!type, although it will be ap- ,nt' illiflbSOlllG of thefeatures of the inon areequally applicable to shoes of othentypes. W

1n the :nuinufactuie oi? stitch-down shoes, and. particularly in the manufacture of stitch-down shoes bythe staple-lastingprocessg:.it liaslieen custrnmiry, in order that the may be properly su 'iported, upon the pol. the shoe and in order to take care of heedges ot' the lining; to provide an insole er which thelining is lasted and upon thwbOttOlll of whiclr the'liningis pasted down. This attachment ofthe lining to the i lejj. has beeirthe only attachment of the 1e to the rest of, the shoe except at the end!wherejthe insole is usually attachedloitheifby tacks employed in lasting in the heel seat; or by thenails used in the ailingloperation; Even when the best cement" has beenliused it has been found that thi tta'chihent oifthe insole is not entirely ictory;-sinee fiwith theheatland inois o the f0ot it tends to separate from ng and also tendsto curl up at its ndu lining. are, secured together. To end. the] insole of the shoe is so prepa red thecshoe= is. assembled upon the last nd sejcured to the insoleor to a connec ng strip or weltstrip upon the insole b permanent, preferably through-andugh, 'fastenings such, for example, as

mes." y y Alparticular object/ofthe invention is the utilization of such means and the practice ofjthe process in such, manner that insoles oftomparatively inexpensive material may The upper bje ct ot' tlie present invention is to sioes.of the itype m, wh ch the intha fin li ing-may be drawn tight over the ,filed of even date here-with.

15, 1914. Serial No. 861,820.

be employed without detracting materially from the wearingruuallties oi the shoe.

The preferred method oi lnaklng the shoe constituting the present invention is disclosed and fullydescribed in United States Patent No. 113L415. grantelil March 9, 1915. on an application ofAdanrH.PrenZel. of which the present application is a division.

.In the acconnmnying drawings. Figure l is a perspective View. partly in section; showingan insole which hasbeen prepared in thepreferred inanner for the'attaelnnent of theliningjl ig. 2 is a cross-section showing the insole... upper and lining assembled uponthe last and the lining secured to the welt strip. of vcloth or other material upon the insole; Fig.3 showsthe manner of lasting the shoe; Fig. 4 isa broken perspective of a. completed shoe. sectioned to show the relatire locations of the difierent parts: and Fig. 5 iliustratesan alternative mode of preparing the insole for the attachment of the lining.

In preparing the insole 2 for the attach lnent ofthe lining 6 a welt strip 4 of cloth or other suitable material is secured by stitches 5 to the bottom iace oi the insole so that a substantial portion. of the strip projects heyondthe edge oi the insole. The stitching, of the cloth to theinsole 2 is preferably at such a distance from the edge of the insole that the lining 6 may be drawn slightly over the edge. as shown in Fig. 2, duringthe attachn ent of the lining 6 to the welt strip 14:. The welt strip 4 having been attached to the insole, the insole 2, upper 8 andiining (5 are assembled upon a. lastlO. is then turned back somewhat from thelining 6 and the lining is drawn overv theme; and over the bottom edge of tho insole, andis secured to the Well; strip 4, preferably I by i stitches 11.

co-pending application Serial No. 861,877

The lining Sand welt strip thaving been secured together, the shoe is ready for the temporary attachment of the. ontsole 14c preparatoryto the. lasting operation. In order to'provide the proper insulation of the foot from the ground and at the same time to raise the insole 2 somewhat from the outside 14 to ifaihtate the lasting operation. a fili- Patented May 23, one.

A convenient 'means for securing the lining-Etc the Welt strip tisthe lininglasting machine of my ing piece 12 of felty felt paper or "other H suitable heat insulating material is prefer ably placed between the outsole and the insolo and the outsole is temporarily secured upo n'the bottom of the insole ,in any convenientirnanner, as, for example, by tacks.

ln laying the outsole upon the last, or

Q upon the insole and filling piece, care is taken that the welt strip 4 and the portion of; the

lining below the stitches 11 are turned out so as to lie between the outturned part of the i soleand that they will extend substantially i transverse to the direction of pull of the F 0.

upper and the outsole. The shoe is prefer.-

ably' lasted by staples. 16 which are driven through the upper 8, lining 6 and welt strip 4 into the outsole 14, these staples being prefr era-bly driven at such an angle that they will not project through'the bottom of the out stretched upper. A convenient means, for

'l'astin'gxthe shoe is the machine of United States Patent- No. 1,117 ,087, granted March .10, 1914, on an application of Adam H;

I and the outsoleyl i are unite In Fig. 5 isshown an alter-native form of Prenzel. The shoe having been lasted L in the manner shown in Fig. 3, a welt18 is laid zfupon-the'outturned.portion of the upper and the welt 18, marginof the upper 8 ,"outturned part of the lining 6, welt stritp 4 of'the insole insole which requires better material fora satisfactory. preparation than the insole. shown in Fig.1; In Fig. 5 m nses is slit j in from" its edge to form.a,.flexible lip 22' which will servethe purppsefof the connecting strip or-welt-stripj:

Frtm the foregoing descriptioii it will be A 1' noted that thecomplete'd shoehas an insole insole is also secured t which is firm'lysetured lining through the welt strip 4] org flexiilc'gllfil' outsole togetli er es through the welt strip and welt. The

thus no opportunity for by stitches 20.

p 22 and that the v he outsole byrea-j- A line of'stitohe's' 20. I- eltfupper, welt strip and.

the lining'or the insole. to become loose or I to Wrinkle up and cause discomfort to the] I wearer.

Having described myinvention, what claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 2-- 1. A shoe comprising an insole, a Welt strip secured to the edge of said insole, a

I 3. A shoe, comprising an upper, a lining and an insole over the heel end of which the heel end of the upper and lining are lasted in, a welt strip secured to said insole at points in front of the heel end and to which so I the lower adjacent margin of the lining is secured, and an outsole secured to the upper,

, lining and welt strip ofthe insole.

shoe, comprising an upper, lining 4 4. A and an insole having stitched upon its under aface a welt stripto which the lower marqgin of the linin is stitched, anoutsole, staples securing t e upper, lining and welt strip to the outsole, said staples being located between the edge of the insole and the outsole,a welt having its'inner. edge 10- cated between the inner edge of theinsole and the outsole, and stitches uniting the welt, upper, lining, insole, welt strip and outsole.

In testimony whereof I have signed my -name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ADAM H. P RENZEL.

Witnessesz' i L. w. RYAN,-

G. W. SHULZ. 

